Chuck DeMoss
Class of 1985
Air Force, 10 Years
I worked on weapons systems on the B-52, F-16 and the B-2 Bomber. I spent time in California, North Dakota, Korea, Japan, Guam, Washington and Missouri. I almost went to Spain during Gulf War episode 1.

steve bowling
Class of 1965
Navy, 4 Years
usn mobile construction battalion 4 known as sea bees. Job of( heavy builder) on 2 deployments to viet nam 1966-1967, 1967-1968. helped to construct housing, landing strips, buildings such as px da-nang, liberty bridge between hue and da nang, the longest wooden timber bridge built with approach over 1 mile long.. after talking to a business man living in the U.S. the Vietnam friend says the bridge is still in use after almost 50 years.

Wayne Mietzner
Class of 1966
Air Force, 20+ Years
Entered U.S. Navy right after graduation. Served three years; 3 months at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, 1year 9 months at Naval Air Facility, Washington, D.C., then 1 year at Naval Air Station, Keflavik, Iceland. Was honorably discharged, and ended up back home working at USS. Got fed up with the mill, andd re-entered the military, joing the U.S. Air Force. Have been assigned to Travis AFB, California, Kadena AB, Okinawa, McConnell AFB, Wichita, Kansas, Bitburg AB, Germany, and Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas. I retired from the U.S.Air Force in July 1988.

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Still missing ya!

Our River Forest High School military alumni are some of the most outstanding people we know and this page recognizes them and everything they have done! Not everyone gets to come home for the holidays and we want our River Forest High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Hobart are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!